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facts 1 Texan forces captured the Alamo on December 10, 1835.

2 when Santa Anna immediately demanded a surrender of the Alamo and its defenders, without terms, The demand was answered by a shot from the fort.

3 march 6 ,a sunday morning, a little after midnight, the Alamo was surrounded by the entire Mexican army.

4 three major assaults where made to storm the alamo.

5 the texans where out numbered 16 to 1, but the mexicans took triple the casulties

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facts 1 two weeks after the alamo Santa Anna ordered that all texas prisiners be shot.

2 the alamo lasted 12 days.

3 Texas had barely won its independence when it decided to become a part of the United States.

4 a vote was taken about anexation and showed Texans favoring annexation by a vote of 3,277 to 93.

5 The annexation of texas caused the mexican american war.

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1 the texans had between 180-350 men.

2 the mexicans had 6,000 men

3 Colonel William Travis was in charge of the defence.

4 texans lost 180-250-men.

5 the battle was followed by the Battle of San Jacinto

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fact 1 the alamo was originaly a mission called San Antonio de Valero

2 In 1793, the Mission San Antonio de Valero was no longer used by the church

3 the almo was given back to the church in 1841.

4 the mexicans surrendered the alamo to General Martin Perfecto de Cos in 1835

5 the almo was biult in 1744.

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